Opinion Pieces

12 Jan - Anti-vilification law welcome but we must not create double standards

January 19, 2026

This piece was originally published in the AFR. Click here to read. *** Allegra Spender Jan 16, 2026 How do we avoid the violent extremism we saw in Bondi?...

This is not for the Jewish community to solve alone

December 16, 2025

This piece was originally published in the SMH. Click here to read. *** Allegra Spender Dec 16, 2025 December 14, 2025, will go down as one of the darkest...

Australia's super system can do more than play it safe

December 10, 2025

This piece was originally published in Capital Brief. Click here to read. *** Allegra Spender Dec 10, 2025 Australian policymakers often congratulate themselves for presiding over one of the...

Wentworth MP Allegra Spender's push to improve politicians' behaviour

December 10, 2025

This piece was originally published in the Courier Mail. Click here to read. *** Allegra Spender Dec 9, 2025 Teal independent Allegra Spender is fighting to reduce the “shouting,...

In the right hands, AI can help solve the housing crisis

December 01, 2025

This piece was originally published in the SMH. Click here to read. *** Allegra Spender Dec 1, 2025 Last week the NSW’s Housing Delivery Authority (HDA) - the body...

As descendants of Liberal MPs, we wish the Coalition had a rational climate policy

November 11, 2025

This piece was originally published in the AFR. Click here to read. *** Labor’s approach has been erratically interventionist, slow and piecemeal. The Coalition could capitalise on that by offering...

Australians could keep more of their wages if we rebalanced taxes on other forms of income

August 21, 2025

This piece was originally published in The Guardian. Click here to read. *** Australians could keep more of their wages if we rebalanced taxes on other forms of income A...

I want the roundtable to focus on 4 big-ticket items

August 21, 2025

This piece was originally published in the AFR. Click here to read. *** I want the roundtable to focus on 4 big-ticket items The key areas where we should aim...

How government can help unlock capital for tomorrow’s innovators

August 19, 2025

This piece was originally published in Capital Brief. Click here to read. *** How government can help unlock capital for tomorrow’s innovators Australia’s venture sector is undercapitalised despite strong performance....

Here are four ways the Treasurer’s roundtable could deliver for climate

August 18, 2025

This piece was originally published in Renew Economy. Click here to read. *** Here are four ways the Treasurer’s roundtable could deliver for climate Allegra Spender Member for Wentworth Aug...

Here’s a tax agenda for Chalmers’ roundtable

June 30, 2025

This piece was originally published in the AFR. Click here to read. *** Here's a tax agenda for Chalmer's roundtable History shows that big, well-structured tax reform packages - anchored...

The five big challenges regardless of the election result

April 23, 2025

This piece was originally published in the AFR. Click here to read. *** The five big challenges regardless of the election result Our next parliament must be ambitious. That doesn’t...

Budget must spend political capital on economic reform

March 19, 2025

This piece was originally published in the AFR. Click here to read. *** Budget must spend political capital on economic reform The challenge to the major parties is there. Both...

Reform must be top New Year resolution in Canberra

January 06, 2025

This piece was originally featured in the AFR - view here. We cannot afford a repeat of the last election where the major parties said don’t worry, we won’t change...

Why dwindling productivity is a big deal for superannuation

September 18, 2024

This piece was originally featured in the AFR - view here. Despite having one of the largest pension schemes in the world, the start-ups that can that drive productivity aren’t...